by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, In These Times, Luis Feliz Leon, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for In These Times: Yesterday afternoon, UAW Local 551 member Marcelina Pedraza said her coworkers at the Chicago Assembly plant were anxiously awaiting the news of the next targets. “Everybody’s on edge,” said Pedraza, who is also a member of...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes: Two days before their contract expires at midnight Thursday, the Auto Workers (UAW) are poised to strike the Big 3 automakers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—to recoup concessions made over the past two decades, end tiers,...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 25, 2023 | Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes about Shawn Fain’s victory, quoting UAWD members Shana Shaw, Tim Thomas, and Scott Houldieson: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 25, 2023 | Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes about Shawn Fain’s victory, quoting UAWD members Shana Shaw, Tim Thomas, and Scott Houldieson: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Jacobin, Jane Slaughter, Luis Feliz Leon, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jane Slaughter and Luis Feliz Leon write for Jacobin: “Shawn Fain ran a campaign on the promise of true reform in the UAW,” said Justin Mayhugh, a General Motors worker at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City and a member of Unite All Workers for Democracy...
by Justin | Feb 5, 2022 | Autoworkers, Dan DiMaggio, General Motors, International Solidarity, Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, Mexico
Auto workers at a General Motors plant in central Mexico delivered a landslide victory to an independent union in a vote held February 1-2. It’s a major breakthrough for workers and labor activists seeking to break the vice grip of the employer-friendly unions...
